Designing English Kinesthetic Supplementary Book For Madrasah Aliyah Students Grade 10

Abstract

This study is intended to design an English supplementary material based on kinesthetic learning style, using Research and Development method (R&D). This study carried out 30 subjects of the research, students Social program grade 10 of Madrasah Aliyah Ma'arif NU Blitar, academic year of 2020/2021. All the subject of this research was female students. The model of research was adopted from Borg & Gall (2003), which contains several steps; the first was distributing need analysis questionnaire and learning style questionnaire, to find the student's target needs and learning needs. The second was developing materials, then, it was validated by material expert. The following stage was trying out the product to the students. The last step was revision, and conducting last try out. The product of this study is an English complementary book, consist of six chapters. The product is equipped with several physical activities to boost student's learning motivation. The overall activity is encouraging students to be more active during class activities, since they have more suitable learning process as their personal preference. Moreover, the product is also equipped with several assignments. The tasks have to be done individually, paired, and in small group. The result of the analyzing was served in two types. The first is quantitative result obtained from several student's questionnaires about supplementary material, learning style, and product design. The second result is in the form of qualitative obtained from interview with the teacher. Here is the final result of material evaluation; the content of book, the appropriateness, the authentically, the design, and the tasks are overall "good". The result of try out 1 and try out 2 was showed a significant progress. However, kinesthetic supplementary book can support the student's interest in learning English. This research suggest to the English teachers, students, and the future researchers. The English teachers can be more motivated to consider a better way in teaching English based on student's personal learning preference. The theoretical implication lies to the fact the important point in facilitating students with kinesthetic supplementary book. Thus, related to practical implication, English kinesthetic supplementary book can be an alternative strategy in teaching and learning process.